A former Progressive Labour Party MP and cabinet minister will run as an independent candidate in the next General Election.

Renée Webb will run in Devonshire North Central, according to Bermuda Broadcasting Company.

A pamphlet shared by the broadcaster said Ms Webb, a former tourism minister, is running as an independent candidate since she believed that party politics have caused “much divisiveness, extensive debt, violence and community disruption”.

There was a call for more diversity in representation in the National Assembly.

The pamphlet said: “Renée believes that when one is called to serve the country, serve they must.

“Particularly, at a time when Bermuda is on a downward spiral under the Burt administration.

“Independent members of parliament, like those in most parliaments of the world can make a difference.”

Ms Webb, an entrepreneur, served as Bermuda’s representative to the European Union in Brussels from January 2019 to September 2020, her LinkedIn profile stated.

She was an MP from 1993 to 2007, and she spent seven years as a Cabinet member.

She was the island’s first female telecommunications, tourism and information technology minister.

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, won in Devonshire North Central in 2020, netting 65 per cent of the votes.

Ms Webb looked forward to meeting with voters in Constituency 13, the pamphlet said.